08/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – The spokesman for the European External Action Service, Peter Stano, recalled on Friday 8 May that the operation to monitor compliance with the arms embargo on Libya, EUNAVFORMED Irini, had a “mandate to contribute to the implementation of the UN arms embargo”. According to Mr Stano, Irini - with its naval, air and satellite assets - is a concrete example of how the EU wants to contribute to a peaceful solution to the conflict in Libya. Earlier in the day, in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez el-Sarraj, had denounced the mission, saying it favoured his rival, Khalifa Haftar, who is receiving weapons on the ground and in the air. Irini started its offshore operations at the beginning of May (see EUROPE 12482/23). (CG)